rebel yell
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"It was a ball to do. Hopefully people will see it and let out a little rebel yell."
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023
He was cleanshaven and well mannered with a little rebel yell underneath.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2018
“Life on Mars” was tender and vulnerable, while “Ziggy Stardust” throbbed with yearning — a rebel yell comprehensible in any language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2016
But despite that ubiquitousness, it has never quite lost its rebel yell.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2013
Charges and counter-charges followed each other in quick succession, and the rebel yell and northern cheer were heard alternately, but no decided advantage was gained by either party.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.
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